Ultimate Retro Project

Episode 26: Modern 5D8

A simple game using Eight Sided Dice

Page Last Updated: April 1, 2006

Introduction

created this game quite a while ago when I was dog/house sitting for my aunt. I based this game on the many different dice games that I seen for 6 sided dice. 8 sided dice are fairly
common for many board based role-playing games. A dice game based around 8 sided dice. 8 sided dice look like diamonds and generate a number between 1 and 8. Your goal is to roll 5 of these dice in an attempt to form specific
combinations of which there are 17.

Playing the Game

Five dice are rolled. You are allowed to re-roll some or all of the dice up to three times (for a total of four rolls). To re-roll, simply use the five checkboxes and place X's in the dice that you wish to KEEP. If you want to keep all the dice you can forfit the remaining rolls by simply selecting the slot you wish to use for the roll.

Once the four rolls have been made, you then select the score slot to place the roll into. Each of the 17 slots can only be used once. The game continues until all 17 slots
are filled.

ONES through EIGHTS score points equal to the number of the desired number
times that number. A bonus is earned as follows:

108 to 131 earns a bonus of 30

132 to 155 earns a bonus of 45

Over 156 earns a bonus of 60

PAIRS 2 pairs earns dice total.

TRIPLE 3 die with the same value earns total of all dice.

STRAIGHT a sequence of dice. Earns 40.

QUAD four of a kind earns dice total plus a bonus of 40 points.

FULL HOUSE A pair and a triple earns dice total plus 20 points.

ALL FIVE FIVE OF A KIND! earns dice total plus a bonus of 60 points.

ANYTHING any combination. Earns dice total.

ODDS and EVENS all odd or even earns 30.

System Requirements

This game is requires Java 1.1 or better to run. Browsers that support 1.1 tend to be 4.x or better versions. Windows XP users may have to download a Java plug in to use Java applets.

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